THE ARCHIVES: Headlines For August 2012

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LGBT Youth Organizations Descend on DNC... _______________________________________________ Nine Anti-Gay Preachers Arrested in New Orleans' Southern Decadence... _______________________________________________ SURVEY: Younger Aussie Workers Tend to Stay in The Closet... _______________________________________________ NJ Woman Becomes The Democratic National Committee's First Transgender Member... _______________________________________________ Anti-Gay Victoria Jackson Loves Her 'Gay Friends'... _______________________________________________ Gay Youths, Immigrants Interrupt Romney/Ryan Victory Speech... _______________________________________________ 'Ex-Gay' Group Claims Conversion Therapy Can Be Effective, Beneficial... _______________________________________________ Egyptian Police Claim Arrest of 'Gay Sex Network' Kingpin... _______________________________________________ Baptist Congregation Not Fond of Minnesota Marriage Amendment... _______________________________________________ Brazilian Gay Father Granted 'Maternity' Leave After Adoption... _______________________________________________ STUDY: No Threat to Military by Openly Gay Soldiers... _______________________________________________ Anti-Gay Group Says Schools Are Being 'Duped' Into Bullying Policies to 'Promote Homosexuality'... _______________________________________________ GLAAD Gives CW, Showtime, ABC Family, TNT, HBO High Marks... CBS, History Channel, TBS Receive Failing Grades... _______________________________________________ South African Lesbian Found Murdered, Raped... _______________________________________________ UNIVERSITY: MARK REGNERUS WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED FOR FLAWED GAY PARENTING STUDY... _______________________________________________ Style.com Says 'Lesbian Chic' is Hot New Trend... _______________________________________________ Anti-Gay Activist Pastor Bill Owens Says He's Taking The Same Stance Martin Luther King Would... _______________________________________________ Italian Fascist Party Launches Homophobic Ad Campaign... _______________________________________________ Maggie Gallagher's Son is Embarrassed With Starbucks Boycott, Chick-Fil-A Campaign... _______________________________________________ Texas State University Denies Request to Shut Down Campus Chick-Fil-A... _______________________________________________ NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT APPROVES GAY MARRIAGE BILL IN FIRST READING... PM: More Than Expected Overwhelming Support For Bill... NZ Catholic College Teacher Suspended Over Gay Marriage Row... _______________________________________________ Marine Corps. Commandant: Still No Issues With Gay Troops... _______________________________________________ Rhode Island Senate Prez Mum on Gay Marriage... _______________________________________________ WA State Tell Catholic Church They Cannot Collect Money to Defeat Gay Marriage... _______________________________________________ Tony Perkins: Only a 'Very Small Minority' Supports Gay Marriage... 'We Have Unprecedented Influence' on The GOP... _______________________________________________ Planned Parenthood Targets Gay Youth With New Sex Ed Program... _______________________________________________ Gay Veteran to Head LGBT Caucus at Dem Convention... _______________________________________________ 'It Gets Better' Project to Receive TV Academy Governors Award... _______________________________________________ Lesbian Daughter of Nevada Murdered Lawmaker Found Dead After Shooting Partner, Herself... _______________________________________________ New South Wales Australia Considering Removing 'Gay Panic' Defense... _______________________________________________ POLL: Blacks in Nevada Now More Supportive of Gay Marriage After Obama's Nod... _______________________________________________ ANTI-GAY CARDINAL TO GIVE PRAYER AT DEM CONVENTION!... _______________________________________________ Cohabitation Bill Introduced in Malta... Gay Maltese Feel 'Let Down' by Bill... _______________________________________________ California Assembly Passes Law Prohibiting 'Ex-Gay' Therapy For Minors, Awaits Gov's Signature... HRC Urges Passage... Anti-Gay 'Liberty' Counsel Opposes Law... _______________________________________________ Bisexual Candidate Wins Arizona Congressional Primary... _______________________________________________ REPUBLICANS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVE ANTI-GAY PLATFORM... GAYS PROTEST RNC... Pro-Gay Marriage Ad to Run During Convention... Westboro Baptist Church Clashes With Protesters... RNC Attendee Throws Nuts at Black CNN Camerawoman: 'This is How We Feed The Animals'... Mark Foley Attends HomoCon... Nevada GOP Delegation Decline to Attend GOProud's Homocon... FROTHY: There's a Decline in The Institution of Marriage... RNC TV Ratings Tank..._______________________________________________   The Donald Understands Why Arianna Huffington's Ex Went For a Man: 'She's Unattractive'... _______________________________________________ Man Attacked Spanish Tourist With Hammer Because Victim Called Him 'Gay'... _______________________________________________ REPORT: Gays in Missouri Tend to be Less Healthy, Have Less Access to Healthcare... _______________________________________________ Leader Recants Gay Protest of NC Church Because They Were 'Too Nice'... _______________________________________________ Bill O'Reilly Doesn't See a Problem With Connecting Pedophilia to Homosexuality... _______________________________________________ NOM Race Baiting in North Carolina, Trying to Get Black Voters to go Against Obama... _______________________________________________ Geraldo Elaborates on 'lesbian cabal' Comment Regarding Homeland Security... _______________________________________________ Massachusetts Town Considers Banning Boy Scouts From Public Facilities For Anti-Gay Policy... _______________________________________________ Frank Ocean May Be Musical Guest on SNL Season Premier... _______________________________________________ MINNESOTA SUPREMES RULE AGAINST NEW MARRIAGE BALLOT LANGUAGE... _______________________________________________ Protesters to Descend on Atlanta's Georgia Dome Over Chick-Fil-A Sponsorship... _______________________________________________ UK Cabaret Star Victim of Homophobic Robbery... _______________________________________________ Gay Man Faces Deportation Back to Mexico Where he Fears Attack... _______________________________________________ 'One Million' Moms Complain NBC's 'New Normal' Attacks 'Christian Values,' 'The Traditional Family'... _______________________________________________ Former Lesbian 'America's Next Top Model' Contestant Lands Job as VP For Citigroup... _______________________________________________  BIDEN: 'GAY ACTIVISTS FREEING THE SOUL OF AMERICA'... _______________________________________________ Atlanta Gay Bar Go-Go Dancer Found Guilty of Human Trafficking... _______________________________________________ Gay Couple Sues Continental Airlines For Taping Their Dildo On Top of Checked Bag... _______________________________________________ Trespassing Charges Against San Diego Activists Who Protested Marriage Office to be Dropped... _______________________________________________ REPORT: CA School Districts Ignoring Anti-Gay Bullying Laws... _______________________________________________ 49ers Record 'It Gets Better' Video, Becoming First NFL Team to do so... _______________________________________________ MD Catholic Conference Condemns Marriage Ballot Language as 'Misguided'... _______________________________________________ Justin Bieber Gay Sex Pic Goes Viral on Twitter... _______________________________________________ Infamous Gay Mafia Boss, Criminal Kingpin Dies at 92... _______________________________________________ Lesbian Super PAC Releases Slate of Endorsed Candidates... _______________________________________________ Anti-Gay Activists, Politicians Call on Bill O'Reilly to Ban TWO's Wayne Besen From The Show... _______________________________________________ Dems to Break Records as 470 Gay Delegates Are Set to Descend on DNC Convention... Bry: DNC is a 'Three Day Death Camp,' 'Abortion Palooza'... _______________________________________________ Holder: Justice Dept., Gays United in Common Cause... _______________________________________________ James Franco: Gay Sex in New Movie 'Cruising' is Dirty But Not Hardcore... _______________________________________________ Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell: 'We Wont Marry Until Our Gay Friends Can'... _______________________________________________ REPORT: Hip-Hop's Anti-Gay, Homophobic Culture May Be Changing After Frank Ocean Outing... Snoop Dogg: Hip-Hop's Opinion on Gay Rappers is Changing... _______________________________________________ Total Number of Out Bisexual State Lawmakers is 6... _______________________________________________ REPORT: Gay Seniors Are Isolated - EVEN IN PALM SPRINGS... _______________________________________________ LOGO Survey: LGBT Issues Shifting Population Voters' Attitudes... Economy Key Issue For LGBT Voters... LGBT Voters Champion Immigrant, Women's Rights as Well... _______________________________________________ Time Warner Implementing Tax Equalization Policy For Gay US Employees... _______________________________________________ UPDATE: State Department Condemns Anti-Gay Police Raids in Zimbabwe... _______________________________________________  Criminals Who Killed Laguna Beach Gay Man Still Not Tried After Three Years... _______________________________________________ Kim Kardashian: 'Wild Bisexual Orgy Report is Bullshit'... _______________________________________________ Ellen Page to Play Lesbian in Upcoming Film 'Freeheld'... _______________________________________________ REPORT: Indian Gays Being Targeted With Blackmail, Fraud on Gay Dating Website... _______________________________________________ UPDATE: Kansas Anti-Gay Dem Lawmaker Faces Pro-Gay GOP Contender... _______________________________________________ UPDATE: Ohio Man Who Killed Lesbian Over Custody Battle May Face The Death Penalty... _______________________________________________ Lesbian Rumors Put to Rest as Avril Lavigne Gets Engaged to Chad Kroeger... _______________________________________________ Savage Debates NOM's Brian Brown on Gay Marriage... _______________________________________________ Tony Perkins Touts Support From 'Leading Voice on Gay Politics'... _______________________________________________ Third Way Offers Primer to Moderate Dems Who Support or Oppose Gay Marriage... _______________________________________________ Baldwin Slated to Speak at Dem Convention... GOProud Endorses Her Opponent... Thompson Supports Discrimination Against Gays, is Against Gay Marriage... Lesbian Super PAC Donates $112K to Baldwin Camp... Gets Support From Howard Dean... _______________________________________________ WeHo's Rainbow Crosswalks to Remain Permanently... _______________________________________________ Gay Candidate For Delaware State Delegate Sets Fundraising Record... _______________________________________________ Fox's Brit Hume Uses Anti-Gay Media 'Research' Center to 'Stay Ahead of Opposition'... _______________________________________________  House GOP Asks Second Circuit to Halt Oral Arguments in Windsor DOMA Challenge... _______________________________________________ T-Mobile Endorses WA Gay Marriage Law... _______________________________________________ UPDATE: Nebraska Lesbian Who Claims She Was Attacked, Slur Carved in Skin Faked The Whole Thing... HOAX MAY HAVE DERAILED ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE... Gays to Rally After Arrest... _______________________________________________ Famous Lesbian Long Distance Swimmer Fails to Swim From Cuba to Miami... _______________________________________________ PHYLLIS DILLER DEAD... _______________________________________________ Boy Scouts Leader in KY Forced to Resign Because He's Gay... _______________________________________________ Mobile App For Gay Service Members Launched... _______________________________________________ Play About Gay Man Premiers - IN UGANDA!... _______________________________________________ MADONNA SUED FOR $10 MILLION BY ANTI-GAY RUSSIANS FOR 'HURTING THEIR FEELINGS'... _______________________________________________ Cameroon Catholic Archbishop: 'Gays Are Enemies of Creation'... _______________________________________________ UK Charity Opens up New Eating Disorders Chat Line For Gays... _______________________________________________ Singer Nancy Sinatra Announces Support For Tammy Baldwin For US Senate... _______________________________________________ Gays in Texas Perform Gay Marriage Ceremonies... _______________________________________________ Ohio Pastor Says Church Was Burned Down Because Congregation Was Pro-Gay... _______________________________________________ New LGBT Senior Housing Approved For San Fran... _______________________________________________ Illinois State Fair Welcomes its First Ever LGBT Booth... _______________________________________________ COPS: Family Research Council Shooter Targeted Another Anti-Gay Group... _______________________________________________ Ant-Gay Hate Group Threatens $100 Million Lawsuit Against Southern Poverty Law Center... _______________________________________________ MD Gay Marriage Opponent: Gays Are Trying to 'Intimidate' to Win... _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 'Days of Our Lives' to Tackle Anti-Gay Bullying... _______________________________________________ JURY AWARDS GAY STUDENT $4.5 MILLION AFTER BEING STALKED BY ANTI-GAY CONSERVATIVE ATTORNEY... Ass Atty Gen Who Stalked Gay Student Testifies: 'I Have No Hatred in my Heart'... _______________________________________________ UK Gays to Hold Protest Over Town's Homophobic Abuse in Streets... _______________________________________________ Actor Ezra Miller Comes Out as Gay... _______________________________________________ Slovakian Opposition Party Proposes Domestic Partnership Registry... _______________________________________________ Gay Salt Lake City Nightclub Hit With Flaming Projectiles... _______________________________________________ FROTHY Santorum Will Head to Washington State to Help Repeal Gay Marriage... _______________________________________________ Bry Wants Photos to Depict 'Graphic Consequences' of Gay Sex, Deter 'Immoral Act'... _______________________________________________ 'Glee' Gay Couple Kurt and Blaine Will Be Heading Off Different Directions in New Season... _______________________________________________ Wanda Sykes to Host Two Election Specials on LOGO... _______________________________________________ Jacksonville City Council Votes Down Anti-Discrimination Ordinance... _______________________________________________ Nepalese Gay Groups Attack TV Program For 'Brazen Thuggery' After Malicious Report... _______________________________________________ UPDATE: MO Teen Who Beat Up Lesbian Neighbor to Tried as Adult, Charged With Hate Crime... 'Bet You Want Some of This Black Pussy'... _______________________________________________ Anti-Gay Marriage Protester Who Burned up Lawn in Viral Video Has Died of Heart Attack... _______________________________________________ STUDY: 1 IN 4 CARIBBEAN MEN ARE BISEXUAL... CDC Launches Largest Ever Survey on Gay/Bi Men's Sexual Health... _______________________________________________ Lesbian Cops Accuse DC Police of Gender, Sexual Orientation Discrimination... _______________________________________________ CA Lawmaker Introduces Resolution in Support of Naming Navy Ship After Harvey Milk... Resolution Passes Senate... _______________________________________________ 50 Cent Confirms His Late Mother Was a Lesbian... _______________________________________________ ELECTION NIGHT: Gay Congressional Candidate Wins Nod For Baldwin's Wisconsin Seat... Florida Elects First Openly Gay Legislator... Lesbian GOP Activist Elected to Miami-Dade County Community Council... Log Cabin Activist Not Happy With Equality Florida Not Mentioning GOP Gay Candidate... _______________________________________________ MR. VETO TO KEYNOTE GOP CONVENTION... _______________________________________________ Compton School Board Member Faces Recall After Calling Treyvon Martin a Gay Slur... _______________________________________________ NOM Announces 'Chick-Fil-A' Day Every Wednesday!... _______________________________________________ Gay Residents Want to Stop Gay Bar From Reopening in Their Neighborhood... _______________________________________________ POLICE STATE: Cops Detain, Arrest Gay Man at Pridefest For Legally Carrying a Gun... 'Its Because I am Gay, Isn't it?'... _______________________________________________ TV Comic Actor Ron Palillo Who Played Gay 'Sweathog' Arnold Horshack Dies... _______________________________________________ Kansas Town to Decide Anti-Discrimination, Gay Rights Ordinance in November Elections... _______________________________________________ Mayor of Iceland Capitol Wears a Dress in Gay Parade to Support 'Pussy Riot'... _______________________________________________ MUSTO: 'The Dark Knight's Catwoman a Lesbian? _______________________________________________ Transgender Women Banned From Bar, Owner Claims They Were Driving Down Business... _______________________________________________ UPDATE: Doctor Who Refused Breast Cancer Treatment to Trans Patient Violated The Law... _______________________________________________ Gay PETA Boss Slams GAGA For Wearing Fur... _______________________________________________ GEORGE MICHEAL CLOSES THE OLYMPICS... Nearly Half of Gay Olympians Win Medals... _______________________________________________ REI Endorses Gay Marriage... _______________________________________________ Another Chick-Fil-A Restaurant Vandalized... _______________________________________________ ROMNEY PICKS ANTI-GAY PAUL RYAN AS VEEP... Gay Republican Congressional Candidate Distance Himself From Ryan... 'Rights Come From God, Nature Not From Government'... HRC: Romney/Ryan Ticket 'Out of Touch With Americans on LGBT Equality'... FLASHBACK: The Religious Right Was Just as Excited When McCain Picked Palin... Chris Geidner: Gay Conservatives More Excited For Ryan Than Romney... HATE GROUP FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ALSO VERY PLEASED WITH PICK... GOProud, Log Cabin AND NOM Support Ryan Pick... PAUL RYAN VOTED TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE, ADOPTION, GAYS IN THE MILITARY... _______________________________________________ Melissa Etheridge Says Obama's Gay Marriage Nod 'A Huge Tipping Point'... _______________________________________________ Study: Feminine Pronouns in Books Have Increased Since 1960's... _______________________________________________ Tammy Baldwin Faces Tight Race Regardless Who GOP Pick as Opponent... Lesbian Super PAC Endorses... Challenges GOP Opponent to Three Debates... _______________________________________________ CA Bill Advances From Committee Protecting Patients From 'Ex-Gay' Therapy... 'Ex-Gay' Group Blasts Lawmakers, Calling Them 'Fascists' and 'Ex-Gay Bashing'... _______________________________________________ Letter From Gay Son Asking Dad Not to Vote For Mittens Goes Viral... _______________________________________________ POLL: Chick-Fil-A Strongly Favored by Republicans in NC, Dems Prefer KFC... _______________________________________________ UPDATE: Gay Artist Who Vandalized Chick-Fil-A Restaurant Arrested... _______________________________________________ Two Gay Groups Withdraw From NH Gay Pride Over Chick-Fil-A Sponsorship... _______________________________________________ 'Jose Luis Sin Censura' Finally Dropped After Many Years of Anti-Gay Content... _______________________________________________ Gay Vietnamese Americans React With Enthusiasm, Hope to Gay Marriage in Home Country... _______________________________________________ Vanderbilt U Employee Caught on Camera Stealing and Throwing Away Gay Newspapers... _______________________________________________ Mississippi Museum Reverses Course After Denying Lesbian Couple Commitment Ceremony... _______________________________________________ Anti-Gay Groups Urge Supreme Court to Let Arizona Deny Domestic Partner Benefits... _______________________________________________ Obama Still Quiet on Gay Marriage Dem Platform Plank... _______________________________________________ 80K Sign Petition Urging Berenstain Bears Publisher Not to Seal Deal With Chick-Fil-A... _______________________________________________ Gay Man Claims Discrimination at Seattle Ferris Wheel, Management Denies... _______________________________________________ Lebanese Doctors Ban Anal Exam Used to Detect Homosexuality... _______________________________________________ Vandals Strike Canadian Gay Paper, Leave Bible Messages... _______________________________________________ Survey: 7% Said Gay Bareback Porn Led to Unprotected Sex... _______________________________________________ Donald Duck, Other Fake Names Sign 20K Signature Anti-Gay Marriage Petition in New Zealand... _______________________________________________ MADONNA CALLS FOR GAY RIGHTS IN RUSSIAN TOUR... MADONNA TO BE HIT WITH $17,000 FINE IN RUSSIA FOR SUPPORTING GAY RIGHTS... US Embassy Warns of Possible Violence at Madonna's Russian Concerts... Madonna Plans on Responding to Anti-Gay Laws With Pink Wristbands... _______________________________________________ LOG CABIN TO HAVE VOICE IN GOP PLATFORM... Lesbian Navy Captain Asks to Address GOP Convention Committee About Marriage... ...She is DENIED _______________________________________________ German Conservatives Back Tax Breaks For Gay Couples... _______________________________________________ Jury Will Now Hear Case of Anti-Gay Former Assistant MI Atty General Harassing Gay Student... _______________________________________________ Jesus Healed a Same-Sex Couple?  _______________________________________________ Prop 8 Proponents Fined $49K For Violating State Campaign Laws... _______________________________________________ Lesbian Comedian Tig Notaro Says She Has Breast Cancer... _______________________________________________ NOM's 'Dump General Mills' Boycott Only Gets 24K Signatures so Far... _______________________________________________ British Pop Star Mika Comes Out as Gay... _______________________________________________ Study: Gay Men Take More Vacations Than Average Person... _______________________________________________ 'Liberty' Counsel Wants NY's Highest Court to Overturn Gay Marriage Law... _______________________________________________ DC Rolls Out Ads Aimed at Transgender Discrimination... _______________________________________________ Delaware Gov Expects Gay Marriage to be Legalize in State in 2013... _______________________________________________ California Appeals Court Gives Former Lesbian Partner Second Parent Rights... _______________________________________________ Obama Signs New Law Restricting Westboro Military Funeral Protests... _______________________________________________ 200+ Doctors Sign Letter Demanding Flawed Gay Parenting 'Study' Be Retracted... _______________________________________________ Roseanne Barr Gets Presidential Nod For Peace and Freedom Ticket... _______________________________________________ Allen West: DADT Repeal Decimated The Military... _______________________________________________ POLL: Two-Thirds of Australians Support Gay Marriage, Men Less Supportive Than Women... _______________________________________________ EYES REVEAL SEXUAL ORIENTATION?... _______________________________________________ Gay Man Attacked in Atlanta After Being Asked if He Was Gay... _______________________________________________ Rally Held For Canadian Gay Man Who Was Beaten in Hate Crime Attack... _______________________________________________ New Zealand Politician: Being Gay is Caused by Child Abuse... _______________________________________________ Jane Lynch: 'Fuck Chick-Fil-A!'... _______________________________________________ J-Lo to Sue Over Casper Smart's Gay Allegations... _______________________________________________ UN Warns Liberia Over New Harsher Anti-Gay Laws... _______________________________________________ Travolta Denies Sexually Assaulting Cruise Ship Worker... _______________________________________________ REPORT: Gay Latino Politicians Rising in Force... _______________________________________________ Gay Porn Studio Uses Olympic Gymnast For Promotion... _______________________________________________ VIETNAM HOLDS ITS FIRST EVER GAY PRIDE PARADE... _______________________________________________ Lesbian Servicemember Gets Engaged After Homecoming... _______________________________________________ Rosie, Michelle Rounds Postpone Wedding After Rounds Diagnosed With Desmoid Tumors... _______________________________________________ Gay Activists in Northern Ireland Protest Health Minister For Reinforcing Gay Blood Ban... _______________________________________________ MITTENS: CHICK-FIL-A 'NOT PART OF MY CAMPAIGN'... Anti-Gay Chicago Cardinal Lashes Out on Rahm Emanuel... Chicago Gay Rights Group Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Chick-Fil-A... _______________________________________________ DEMS NOMINATE ANTI-GAY CANDIDATE FOR US SENATE... _______________________________________________ Trial Date Set in Homophobic US Marine Stabbing Case... _______________________________________________ Obama Nominates Gay Man as US Air Force Under Secretary... _______________________________________________ Julie White's Character on NBC's 'Go On' Changed to a Lesbian, Says She's Glad... _______________________________________________ German Lesbian Cyclist Becomes First Gay Person to Win Olympic Medal... Lesbian Aussie Volleyball Veteran to Retire After Games... _______________________________________________ Gay Conservative Blogger Mocks Chick-Fil-A Protesters... _______________________________________________ Friends Raise $20K in 48 Hours For Lesbian Filmmaker With Cancer... _______________________________________________ Harry Jackson: 'Gays Want to Recruit Your Kids'... _______________________________________________ Overwhelming Majority of Connecticut Voters Support Gay Marriage... _______________________________________________ Facebook Admits to Millions of Fake Accounts... _______________________________________________

Michelle to Address Gay DNC Luncheon... ________________________________________________ STUDY: Two-Thirds of Trans People Contemplated Suicide... ________________________________________________ Gay Student Who Was Suspended For Stun Gun Suing School For Failing to Stop Bullying... ________________________________________________ Stuart Milk: Obama is a 'No Brainer' Choice For Gay Community... ________________________________________________ CA Landlord Evicts Latino HIV Group Within 48 Hours of Opening Because They 'Were Bringing Disease'... ________________________________________________ Scott Brown Loses Micky Ward's Endorsement Over Gay Marriage... ________________________________________________ Romney Campaign Chair: Gay Marriage is 'Too Complicated' to Discuss... ________________________________________________ Former GOP Chief of Staff For MD Gov Comes Out in Support For Gay Marriage... ________________________________________________ Home Furnishings Retailer Room & Board Opposes MN Marriage Amendment... ________________________________________________ Exhibit Focuses on Gay Behaviors of The Animal Kingdom... ________________________________________________ REPORT: Majority of Gay Public Sector Workers Lack Employment Protections... ________________________________________________ Microsoft Supporting 'Gaymercon' LGBT Gaming Convention... ________________________________________________ Author Writes 'Lesbian Porn For Smart People'... ________________________________________________ Lesbian British TV Host Says 'X-Factor' 'Feels Different After Olympics'... ________________________________________________ Lesbian Author Tackles Gay Youth Homelessness in New Book... ________________________________________________ FORBES: Elton John #8 Most Highest Paid Celebrity... ________________________________________________ GOP Congressman Says Gay Republican Welcome in House as Long as He 'Avoids Personal Crusade'... ________________________________________________ RuPaul's New Comic Book Unveiled... ________________________________________________ German Dad Wears Skirt Showing Solidarity For His Cross-Dressing 5 y/o Son... ________________________________________________ WIKILEAKS: Uganda's 'Kill The Gays Bill' Quickly Shelved After International Pressure... ________________________________________________ Detroit Man Pleas Guilty in Anti-Gay Hate Crime Assault... Mystery Surrounding Case... ________________________________________________ Lesbian Couple Raising Three Kids Challenges Michigan's Ban on Gay Adoptions... ________________________________________________ Oklahoma Lesbian Wins Primary, Set to Become State's First Gay Legislator... ________________________________________________ Swedish Lesbian Couple Claims Discrimination After Being Charged For Insemination... ________________________________________________ CA Senate Approve Bill to Give Lesbian Couples Equal Access to Fertility Services... ________________________________________________ 'Historian' David Barton: Gay Marriage Will Lead to Great Economic Disaster... ________________________________________________ Anti-Gay Group Says Gay Promiscuity is a 'National Health Crisis' Comparable to Smoking... ________________________________________________ Satire Article Saying Rep Todd Akin Believes Breast Milk Cures Homosexuality Taken Seriously... ________________________________________________ 'Modern Family' is Ann Romney's Favorite TV Show, Creator Takes Issue... Ellen Wants to Play Ann's Roommate on The Show... ________________________________________________ Congressional Candidate's Campaign Worker Compares Gay Congressman to Sandusky... ________________________________________________ UPDATE: Arrest Made in Ohio Arson of Gay Affirming Church... Suspect Claims Revenge, Not Hate For Burning Up Church... ________________________________________________ Maryland Gay Marriage Advocates Form Partnership With Immigrants... ________________________________________________ ANTI-GAY CATHOLIC BISHOP BEHIND PROP 8 BUSTED FOR DUI!... His Mom Making Excuses, Blames Host of Party... ________________________________________________ Gay UK Police Inspector Says He Was Forced Out by 'Bullying Police Chiefs'... ________________________________________________ Northern Ireland Peer Quits Party After Saying That Gays Were 'Deviant'... ________________________________________________ Zimbabwean Officials: 'No Room For Gay Rights in New Constitution'... ________________________________________________ Chris Christie Insists on Gay Marriage Referendum, Then Mocks CA's Budget Referendum... ________________________________________________ Big Fundraiser Being Planned For Maryland Gay Marriage Ballot Battle... ________________________________________________ Anti-Gay Activist Confesses to Molesting Children For Over 25 Years... ________________________________________________ REPORT: Religious Leaders in Nepal Not Protesting Gov't Granting Equal Rights to Gays... ________________________________________________ Gay Egyptian Online Mag Shut Down, Raises Questions About Islamic Government Crackdown... ________________________________________________ DESPERATION: New NOM Mailer Riddled With Violent Rhetoric, Words... ________________________________________________ Doc Film Features Three Transgenders Who Fled Mexico in Fear... ________________________________________________ Rapper Bow Wow Mistakenly Being Identified in Viral Gay Pic... ________________________________________________ Danish PM: My Husband is Not Gay!... ________________________________________________ PA Congressional Candidate Backs Gay Marriage... ________________________________________________ Lesbian Doctor Becomes Canadian Medical Association Prez... ________________________________________________ CA Students Start Letter Writing Campaign After Gay HS Student Was Booted From Pageant... ________________________________________________ SHOOTING RAMPAGE AT EMPIRE STATE BUILDING... Shooter Might Be Gay?... ________________________________________________ CA Senate Approve Bill to Provide Supportive Homes For LGBT Youth... ________________________________________________ Prop 8 Opponents: Supremes Should Pass on Appeal, Though Case Might be 'Attractive' To Them... ________________________________________________ Freedom to Marry, HRC to Run Ad Featuring Pro-Gay Marriage Republicans... ________________________________________________ Singer Neon Hitch: 'I'm Kind of a Lesbian'... ________________________________________________ Austin TX Street to be Named in Honor of Lesbian Activist... ________________________________________________ Salina Kansas Opponents of Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Have Submitted Valid Signatures For Repeal... ________________________________________________ ABC Family Green-Lights J-Lo's TV Pilot About Lesbian Couple... 'One Million' Moms Attacks ABC Family... Petition Challenges 'One Million' Moms... ________________________________________________ Fundraiser Started For Trans Man Who Was Jailed For Listing Gender as Male on Marriage Certificate... ________________________________________________ Vandals Strike Gay Man's House, Paint Gay Slurs... ________________________________________________  GAY PRODUCERS CRAIG ZADAN AND NEIL MERON TO PRODUCE THE OSCARS... ________________________________________________ Anti-Gay Catholic Cardinal Dolan to do Closing Prayer at GOP Convention... ________________________________________________ MN Pro-Gay Marriage Campaign Comes to State Fair... ________________________________________________ Church of England Bishop Comes Out For Gay Marriage, Makes Video... ________________________________________________ GOP Congressman Continues to Insist on Nixing ULL's LGBT Minor in Secret Letters... ________________________________________________ Dying Former Seattle City Councilwoman Comes Out as Gay... ________________________________________________ Anti-Gay Group Alliance 'Defending' Freedom Compares Gays to Polygamists, Racists... ________________________________________________ Philly Gay Man Donates $1 Mil to Obama Camp... ________________________________________________ NYC Gay Activists Make One Final Plea to Save Historic 'Gay Commune' From Demolition... ________________________________________________ Only 68 Civil Unions Issued in Rhode Island So Far... ________________________________________________ 'EX-GAY' LEADER BOMBSHELL: LETS MOVE FROM 'CHANGE' TO 'ACCEPTANCE'... New 'Ex-Gay' Group Seeks to Replace Chambers... ________________________________________________ Ellen and Portia Make Forbes' Most Powerful Couples List... Oprah Reveals She Endured Racist Slurs For Appearing on Ellen's Coming Out Episode... ________________________________________________ Transgender Sex Worker Fatally Shot in Cincinnati... ________________________________________________ Atlanta Cop Who Was Denied Job Because of HIV Will be Awarded $250K... ________________________________________________ Zimbabwe Police Visit Gay Activists After Last Week's Arrest... ________________________________________________ South Carolina Equality Head to Resign... ________________________________________________ Bisexual Candidate For Congress Accuses Dem Primary Opponent of Using Homophobic Tactics... ________________________________________________ REPORT: About a Third of TV Programming For Ages 12-35 is LGBT Integrated... ________________________________________________ Africa's Swazi Chiefs Disown Gays, Lesbians - They Are NOT Swazi... ________________________________________________ Rufus Wainwright to Tie The Knot With Longtime Partner... ________________________________________________ NOT KIDDING: UK Anti-Abortion Group Claims Gay Marriage Will Lead to MORE ABORTIONS! ________________________________________________ The First Taiwanese Official Comes Out Firmly For Gay Marriage... ________________________________________________ Top Romney Adviser Compares Gays to Drug Users, Polygamists... ________________________________________________ Elton John Worries Life Will be Difficult For His Son... ________________________________________________ VA Body Shop Repairs, Tricks Out Gay Bullied Teen's Slur Laden Car... ________________________________________________ Campus Pride Ranks Top 25 LGBT Friendly Universities... ________________________________________________ NOM Activist Claims Homosexuality Does NOT Exist... ________________________________________________ Gay Tampa Stip Club King: GOP Convention Not Great For Business... ________________________________________________ Anti-Gay Marriage Protest Planned in Scotland... ________________________________________________ U of Maryland Students Start Petition to Boot Chick-Fil-A Off Campus... ________________________________________________ MTV Tres' 'Quiero mi Baby' Features Gay Families... ________________________________________________ Advocate Lists 'The 45 Biggest Homophobes' of The Last 45 Years... ________________________________________________ Iowa Gov Threatens: GOP Control of Legislature Could Mean Gay Marriage Referendum... ________________________________________________ Anti-Gay MVP Baseball Player to Join Cast of 'Survivor: Philippines'... ________________________________________________ Matt Barber: Pro-Gay Donors, Activists Have Poisoned The GOP, Need to be Rooted Out... ________________________________________________ American Psychological Association Calls For Better Access to Transition Care... ________________________________________________ Toyota Uses Israeli Transgender Model to Show Off New Car... ________________________________________________ Canadian Breastfeeding League Rejects Trans Man's Bid to Become Lactating Coach... UPDATE: League Considering Changing Policy... ________________________________________________ Patrick Schwarzenegger Joins Gaga's 'Born This Way' Campaign... ________________________________________________ Nevada Lesbian Domestic Partners Discriminated by Hospital Staff, Lose Baby... ________________________________________________ Director Tony Scott Commits Suicide, Directed Lesbian Themed Movie... ________________________________________________ Dying Dad Leaves Request For Gay Son in Will: Get Married - TO A WOMAN... ________________________________________________ AGENCY: Catholic Man Can Remain Anonymous After Contributing to Fight Against MN Marriage Amendment... ________________________________________________ United Way of PA May Cut Funding to Local Boy Scouts Council Over Anti-Gay Policy... ________________________________________________ GOProud to Hold 'Homocon 2012' Party at RNC Convention... ________________________________________________ Ghana Lawmakers Are Having Trouble Banning Homosexuality, It Might be Unconstitutional... ________________________________________________ 'Pussy Riot' Punk Band Sentenced to Two Years in Prison... ________________________________________________ UK Activists Grow Impatient as London Mayor Has Not Yet Recorded Promised Pro-Gay Marriage Video... UPDATE: He Does It... ________________________________________________ Lincoln NE Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Will Not be on Ballot, Essentially Killing it... ________________________________________________ Campaign Launched to Save Trans Woman From Deportation Back to Guatemala... ________________________________________________ Gay Moderator Selected For United Church of Canada... ________________________________________________ ANDERSON COOPER KICKS BOYFRIEND OUT OF THE HOUSE!... ________________________________________________ Black Pastor Coalition Leader: Obama's Gay Marriage Stance is 'Like Waving Your THING at God'... ________________________________________________ First TV Ad on Minnesota Gay Marriage Ban Features Grandparents... ________________________________________________ GOLDEN YEARS: NJ Gay Couple Celebrates 51st Anniversary... ________________________________________________ Christian Activists: Chick-Fil-A Controversy 'Manufactured' by Gays... ________________________________________________ 'The New Normal' Showrunner: 'This is Not a Show About Gay People'... ________________________________________________ Ukraine Morality Police to Investigate 'Gay SpongeBob'... ________________________________________________  Trans Teen Found Murdered in Chicago's West Side... ________________________________________________ Aussie High Profile Lawyer Comes Out as Transgender, Transitions... ________________________________________________ Paul Ryan Refuses to Address ENDA... ________________________________________________ Verizon Gives $25K Grant to LGBT Anti-Violence Program... ________________________________________________ Survey: LGBT Discrimination, Anti-Gay Bullying Growing Concerns in South Florida... ________________________________________________ Pro-Chick-Fil-A Online Ad Tricks Audience Into Free Speech Question... ________________________________________________ JURY: MENNONITE MINISTER GUILTY OF HELPING KIDNAP LESBIAN'S DAUGHTER... Lesbian Mom Sues Ex, Minister For Kidnapping... Files Suit Against Liberty University Law School... ________________________________________________ Judge Orders Florida High School to Allow Gay Straight Alliance Club... ________________________________________________ Gay Man Killed in Baltimore MD Shooting, Suspect Still at Large... ________________________________________________ Canadian Catholic School District Finally Lets Students Have 'Gay Straight Alliance' Clubs... ________________________________________________ Kristin Chenoweth Leaves 'The Good Wife Series' After Head Injury... ________________________________________________ DWTS Derek Hough Throws a Fit After Fan Tries to Take Pic of Him at a Gay Bar... ________________________________________________ UTAH DEM GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE ATTACKS GAY MARRIAGE, CIVIL UNIONS, DEM PLATFORM... Utah Dem Congressional Candidate Embraces Platform... ________________________________________________ Zimbabwean Drunk Cops Assaults and Detains Gay Activists... ________________________________________________ Robert Pattinson: Bisexual Rumors Are Not True... ________________________________________________ German Supreme Court Grants Tax Rights to Gay Couples... ________________________________________________ Wendy McLendon to Guest Star on 'Modern Family' as a Lesbian Mom... ________________________________________________ Paul Ryan to Attend Anti-Gay 'Values' Voters Summit... ________________________________________________ Hollywood Celebs to Travolta: COME OUT ALREADY... ________________________________________________ Daily Kos: Paul Ryan to do Mittens' Gay Bashing For Him Too... ________________________________________________ Bioethics Philosopher: Aborting Gay Babies is 'Eugenics,' Unethical... ________________________________________________ Canada's CHICK-FELAY Confused With CHICK-FIL-A... ________________________________________________ Readers Scorned With Anti-Gay Hatred After Author Depicts Lancelot as Bisexual... ________________________________________________ Senate Approves Bill to Protect Surviving Partners in Same-Sex Relationships... ________________________________________________ After DRUDGE Link Rachel Maddow Receives Homophobic Vitriolic Tweets... ________________________________________________ REPORT: Gays Help Tourism in Israel... ________________________________________________ Sophia Bush to Gay Marriage Opponents: 'Go Fuck Yourselves'... ________________________________________________ Obama Camp Blasts Paul Ryan's Anti-Gay Record... ________________________________________________ Minnesota Church Target of Anti-Gay Vandalism... ________________________________________________ Asked if He's Gay, Olympic Swimmer Ian Thorpe Says He Ticks 'All The Boxes'... ________________________________________________ FROTHY Santorum Calls For The Ouster of Iowa Supreme Justice Who Legalized Gay Marriage... ________________________________________________ DEM PLATFORM COMMITTEE APPROVES GAY MARRIAGE LANGUAGE... ________________________________________________ SOUTH AUSTRALIA WILL ALSO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE... ________________________________________________ Bryan Fischer Uses Flawed Parenting Study to Justify Kidnapping of Gay People's Kids... ________________________________________________ POLL: Strong Support For Colorado Civil Unions Remain... ________________________________________________ Anti-Gay Extremists Unite to Denounce US Embassy's Involvement in Czech Gay Pride Festival... ________________________________________________ Nevada Federal Judge Agrees to Hear Gay Marriage Case... ________________________________________________ Broadway Star Bailey Hanks is Chick-Fil-A Fan... ________________________________________________ Rock Hudson's Spokesman Dale Olson Dies... ________________________________________________ Gay Olympic Diver Promises to Swim Naked if He Wins Gold... ...FAILS ________________________________________________ North Texans Donate $2K to Help Catch Murderer Who Killed Lesbian... ________________________________________________ Gays Protest Chicago Chick-Fil-A... ________________________________________________ GLAD Calls on Supreme Court to Strike Down DOMA... ________________________________________________ REPORT: So Very Few Gay Olympians Are Out of The Closet... ________________________________________________ Construction Sign in Utah Flashes 'God Hates Gays'... ________________________________________________ Harry Jackson Was Payed $20K by NOM to Pit Gays Against Blacks... REPORT: NOM BEHIND ANGRY BLACK MINISTERS... Leader of Anti-Gay Black Pastors Was Never Involved in Civil Rights Movement... NOM: Paid Employees Are 'Volunteers and Supporters'... ________________________________________________ Phoenix Cop, LGBT Liaison Arrested For Sexual Misconduct With Underage Gay Boys... ________________________________________________ Billboard: 'Obama Supports Gay Marriage And Abortion, DO YOU?'... ________________________________________________ Walter Mondale Co-Chairs Group Working Against MN Marriage Amendment... ________________________________________________ Transgender Man's Doctor Failed to Tell Him He Had Breast Cancer... ________________________________________________ Lesbian Selected as CA Assembly Leader... ________________________________________________ Gay Speculation of Olympic Athletes Dominate Google Searches... ________________________________________________ Two Large Boy Scout Councils Defy BSA, Refuses to Discriminate Against Gays... ________________________________________________ Bry: 'Lets Have an Underground Railroad to Deliver Innocent Kids From Same-Sex Households'... ...''Ex-Gay' Mother Had an Obligation to Kidnap Daughter From Lesbian and Flee'... AFA Prez: Gay Rights Will Lead us to 'Self Destruction'... ________________________________________________ Chick-Fil-A Drive-Thru Employee Forgives Man Who Berated Her... ________________________________________________ Philanthropist Donates $325K to Fight Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment in Minnesota... ________________________________________________ ACLU Challenges Michigan Anti-Gay Law Banning Domestic Partner Benefits... ________________________________________________ Trial Begins For Minister Who Helped Kidnap Tot From Former Partner of 'Ex-Gay'... ________________________________________________ 'GaymerCon' First LGBT Geek Gaming Convention Secures Funding... ________________________________________________ Father's Letter to Gay Son Disowning Him Goes Viral... ________________________________________________ Philippine Prez Tries to Cut Out LGBT Protections in Controversial Contraceptive Bill... ________________________________________________ Chick-Fil-A Defenders Call 'Anti-Gay' Label a 'Smear Campaign,' 'Hate Speech'... ________________________________________________ Eminem, GAGA Working on a Track Together... GAGA Hires Lindsay Lohan For New Video... ________________________________________________ NY Gay Rights Group Backs One GOP State Senate Ally... ________________________________________________ NOM DEFENDS POLYGAMY, SLAVERY, RAPE, CONCUBINES AS 'BIBLICAL' DEFINITIONS OF MARRIAGE... ________________________________________________ HRC DROPS $1 MIL FOR GAY MARRIAGE FIGHTS... ________________________________________________ Montana Gay Man Beaten up By Three Guys For Asking About Gay Bars... STORY FABRICATED, Charged With Falsifying a Police Report... Pleads Guilty... ________________________________________________ Catholic Church Revives 'National Prayer' Against Gay Adoption in France... ________________________________________________ GOP Stays Silent on Dems Gay Marriage Platform Plank... ________________________________________________ Rashida Jones Would Go Gay For Amy Poehler... ________________________________________________ CURIOSITY TOUCHES DOWN MARS... ________________________________________________ Gay Pastor Married in NY to American Finally Has Wedding in Malaysia... ________________________________________________ Famous Lesbian Mexican Singer Chevala Vargas Dead at 93... ________________________________________________ REPORT: Dangerous Drug Experiments Used to Prevent Lesbian Babies... ________________________________________________ Dallas Gay Couple Arrested Again After Gay Marriage Protest at Court Building... ________________________________________________ RUSH: Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day a 'Giant Tea Party Rally,' Obama Will be 'Chick-Fil-A'd'... ________________________________________________ Italian Gay Marriage Activists Launch 'Share The Love Campaign'... ________________________________________________ Man Dies, Two Others Hospitalized After a Night Out at London Gay Club... Possible Laced Recreational Drugs at Fault... ________________________________________________ TASMANIA SET TO LEGALIZA GAY MARRIAGE BY END OF THE YEAR... Legal Challenge Possible Against Move... ________________________________________________ Gay Marriage Billboard Placed Next FL Catholic Church... ________________________________________________ Congressional Cemetery to Get its First Ever 'LGBT Veterans Memorial'... ________________________________________________ 'Love and Hip Hop Atlanta' Star Joseline Hernandez Comes Out as Bisexual... ________________________________________________ New App Helps Trans Users Find Gender Neutral Bathrooms... ________________________________________________ Rosseanne Barr: Chick-Fil-A Customers Deserve Cancer... ________________________________________________  'Project: Lindsay' Crossdressing Project Launches... ________________________________________________ LARRY CRAIG: Trip to Men's Bathroom Was 'Official Business'... ________________________________________________ Former Head of Catholic Knights of Columbus Writes Op-Ed Against Opposing Gay Marriage... ________________________________________________   Fred Karger Launches Global Boycott on Amway For Donating $500K to NOM... Amway Defends Donation... ________________________________________________ Brad Pitt Pursuing Gay Role to Spite His Anti-Gay Mother... ________________________________________________ As Frank Kameny's Ashes Sit in Storage, Cemetery Awards Deed of Plot to Estate in Dispute... ________________________________________________ Megyn Kelly: 'This Country Has a Long History of Discrimination Against Certain Groups... ________________________________________________   'National Starbucks Appreciation Day' Planned to Counter Chick-Fil-A... ________________________________________________ Canadian Gay Couple Denied Apartment Because Landlord Doesn't Like Gays... ________________________________________________ Lou Sheldon: Glee Trying to 'Desensitize Americans to The Genuine Risks of The Homosexual Agenda'... ________________________________________________ Villaraigosa on Chick-Fil-A: 'Love And Liberty Will Always Triumph'... Popular CA Gay DJ Holds Kiss-In at Chick-Fil-A With Partner... Pat Boone Stops by LA Chick-Fil-A... 'SETS NEW WORLD RECORD' IN SALES... ________________________________________________

_________________________________________________ Huge Jump of Hepatitis C in Swiss HIV Positive Men... _________________________________________________ Christian Activist Warns: Dan Savage's Days Are Numbered... _________________________________________________ TASMANIA LOWER HOUSE APPROVES GAY MARRIAGE BILL... Labor Speaker Defends Vote Against... _________________________________________________ Dispute Over Sherman Hemsley's Will Delays Burial... _________________________________________________ Controversy Ensues Over The Potential Paroling of Murderer Who Killed Gay Man... _________________________________________________ Gay Man's Garage Spray Painted With Anti-Gay Slur, Police Investigate as a Hate Crime... _________________________________________________ 'Astonishing X-Men' Gay Marriage Already On The Rocks... _________________________________________________ UPDATE: Play About Plight of Gay Man Premiered in Uganda Has Been Shut Down... _________________________________________________ Philippine Senator Wants LGBT Protections Removed From Bill That Protects Minorities From Discrimination... _________________________________________________ Fox Radio Affiliated Station Cancels Public Affairs Program Because of Interview With Gay Activist... _________________________________________________ Calvin Klein's Ex Dating New Sugar Daddy... _________________________________________________ Gay Artist Who Vandalized Chick-Fil-A Won't Be Charged After All... _________________________________________________ Paul Babeu Wins GOP Race For County Sheriff... NO CHARGES FOR SHERIFF PAUL BABEU... _________________________________________________ U of South Florida Professor Wants Chick-Fil-A Booted From Campus... _________________________________________________ Barbara Walters to Host Event Celebrating First Anniversary Death of Don't Ask Don't Tell... _________________________________________________ Family Equality Council Releases Family Values Platform... _________________________________________________ Merkel Says NO to Tax Breaks For Gay German Couples... _________________________________________________ ADVOCATE: Widespread Anti-Gay Bias in GOP State Platforms... _________________________________________________ Mormon Owned TV Station Refuses to Air NBC's Gay-Themed 'The New Normal'... Ellen Barkin Rails Against Station... Station Claims it Was Not Over Gay Content... Another Station Will Air Show... _________________________________________________ CA Lawmakers Pass Resolution Urging Feds to Include Gays in Anti-Discrimination Laws... _________________________________________________ Black Lesbian: I'm Voting For Mitt!... _________________________________________________ John Travolta's Gay Lover: We've Been Together For Six Years... _________________________________________________ ORRIN HATCH SAYS NO TO FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT... Gary Bauer Lashes Out Against Hatch... _________________________________________________ 'A Gay Girl in Damascus' Blogger Now Seeks Book Deal... _________________________________________________ Cast Members of Aussie Reality Show Arrested Over Anti-Gay Attack... _________________________________________________ George Takei Stars in 'Allegiance: A New American Musical'... _________________________________________________ CA Boy Scouts Pack Says No to BSA's Anti-Gay Policy... _________________________________________________ Joan Rivers, Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho to Perform at Vegas Pride... _________________________________________________ Gay Reporter Goes Undercover at NOM Anti-Gay Conference... _________________________________________________ Anti-Gay Christians Blame Hurricane Isaac on Gays... So Does AFA's Buster Wilson... _________________________________________________ Anti-Gay Methodists Want Pro-Gay Bishop to be Punished... _________________________________________________ GOP Congressman Clueless About Gay Marriage, Amendment... _________________________________________________ STUDY: 'That's So Gay' Phrase Can Have Damaging Effects on Gays... _________________________________________________ Religious Right Groups Launch 'Life And Marriage' Coalition in Swing States... _________________________________________________ Pat Robertson: 'Dems - You Are Out of Your Minds For Supporting Gay Marriage'... _________________________________________________ Gay Marriage Foes, Supporters Vying For The Latino Vote in Minnesota... Pediatricians Oppose Marriage Amendment... _________________________________________________ CA Assembly Approves Bill Allowing 'Third Parent' Rights... _________________________________________________ Gay Marriage Bill Introduced in Tasmania's Parliament... _________________________________________________ Aussie Man Knocks Out Drunk For Making 'Gay Sailor' Remarks, Mimicking 'YMCA' Song... _________________________________________________ WA Pro-Gay Marriage Group Reserves $5 Mil in TV Ads... _________________________________________________ Lesbian Aussie Supermodel Catherine McNeil Now Dating a Man?... _________________________________________________ Fox News Introduces Romney Sons With Gay Anthem 'Its Raining Men'... _________________________________________________ GAGA Gets Naked While Recording New Album... _________________________________________________ Outgoing Ombudsman Says NYT is Biased in Gay Marriage Reporting... _________________________________________________ TRIAL JUDGE ORDERS PROP 8 CASE CLOSED, GAY MARRIAGES MAY RESUME PENDING SUPREMES DECISION... _________________________________________________ 'CIVIL WAR' WITHIN THE GOP... Florida Gay Republicans Welcom GOP Convention... Christian Broadcasting Network Says Prayer Moved Hurricane Away From GOP Convention... GOP Platform Also Criticizes State Dept. For 'Advancing Gay Agenda' Through Foreign Aid... Former GOP Gay Congressman Jim Kolbe Gives 'Qualified Endorsement' to Mittens... Kolbe: 2016 GOP Platform Wont be as Anti-Gay... Gay Republicans: 'We Are Optimistic'... VAGINAS INVADE CONVENTION... _________________________________________________ 'X-Factor' Star Lucy Spraggan Hopes Fame Will Land Her a Lesbian Girlfriend... Hit Song Removed From iTunes... _________________________________________________ UK Actress Rachael Stirling Having Tough Time as Actress After Starring in Lesbian Drama... _________________________________________________ 'Queer as Folk' Star Hal Sparks Now Does Stand Up... _________________________________________________ Indian Officials Now Allow 'Gurus' to Attest Voter Applications For Transgender Voters... _________________________________________________ Black VS Gay Over?... _________________________________________________ Old San Fran Bar Closes as Many in Community Want Historical Landmark Designation, Controversy Ensues... UPDATE: New Lease Granted, Bar to Reopen... _________________________________________________ REPORT: Catholic Church Beefs Up Campaign Against Gay Marriage in Scotland... _________________________________________________ POLL: A Slim Majority of New Zealand MPs Support Gay Marriage Bill... _________________________________________________ TYLER CLEMENTI'S MOM BLAMES HERSELF, CHURCH FOR HIS SUICIDE... _________________________________________________ Former Gay NFL Player: 'Don't Expect an Openly Gay Major League Athlete Until at Least 2016'... _________________________________________________ Paul Ryan: Eating Chick-Fil-A is 'Exercising Free Speech'... _________________________________________________ Madonna Forgives Elton John For 'Stripper' Jibe... _________________________________________________ Miley Cyrus' New Haircut Sparks Lesbian Jokes, Questions About Her Sexuality... _________________________________________________ Ohio Judge Refuses to Grant Divorce to Lesbian Couple... _________________________________________________ Focus on The Family Accuses GLSEN of Promoting 'Sexual Anarchy,' 'Sexual Chaos'... _________________________________________________ UK Report Seeks to Provide Better Services to LGBT People of Color... _________________________________________________ Transgender Rapper Premiers a New Music Video... _________________________________________________ ANTI-GAY PASTOR CONVICTED OF MASTURBATING IN PUBLIC... _________________________________________________ Maryland's Leading Opponent of Gay Marriage Arrested For Boating Drunk, Colliding With Boat With Kids... _________________________________________________ US Ambassador to Ghana Calls For Open Debate on Gay Rights... _________________________________________________ Meet The Gay Paralympians... _________________________________________________ Lord Ashcroft: David Cameron Must Force Through Gay Marriage Despite Opposition... _________________________________________________ Woman Who Killed Lesbian Lover Now Tells Judge She Was a Juvenile Because She Was 18... _________________________________________________ VT Lesbian Couple Settles Discrimination Case Against Inn Who Denied Wedding Reception... _________________________________________________ Korea Launches Its First Ever Transgender Talk Show... _________________________________________________ GOP Consulting Firm Helping Freedom to Marry Win Gay Marriage Initiatives... _________________________________________________ FRC Shooter Indicted... _________________________________________________ REPORT: Access to Food Stamps Could Help Combat HIV... _________________________________________________ Gay Bathhouse Offers Free Admission - TO GOP CONVENTIONEERS!... _________________________________________________ 'American Horror Story' Stars Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson in a Lesbian Love Affair?... Jessica Lange Denies... _________________________________________________ Australian Capital Territory Strengthens Civil Unions Law... _________________________________________________ CT Man is Guilty of Sending Threatening Letters to Anti-Gay Marriage Group... _________________________________________________ MN GOP State Senator Says Supporters of MN Marriage Amendment Are More Patriotic... _________________________________________________ Chick-Fil-A Plans to Open More Restaurants IN SAN FRAN AREA... Gays to Protest Opening in San Jose... _________________________________________________ Gay Straight Alliance Sues School District For Only Offering Abstinence Only... _________________________________________________ UK Town Council Sorry After They Ordered Pub to Take Down Rainbow Flags... _________________________________________________ Leader of Texas LGBT Group Kills Himself... _________________________________________________ NOM Failed to Unseat Pro-Gay Marriage WA GOP Lawmaker, Gave No Money to Anti-Gay Challenger... _________________________________________________ Romney Camp Spent $500 For Chick-Fil-A Dinner... _________________________________________________ Rosie Reveals She Suffered Heart Attack, Resting at Home... The Donald Tweets 'Get Well'... Rosie Marries Girlfriend at Hospital, Wedding Being Planned... _________________________________________________ DEM MN LAWMAKER REMAINS SILENT AFTER HAVING SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH 17 YEAR OLD BOY... Vows to Stay in The Race... FINALLY QUITS... _________________________________________________ Ohio Judge Recognizes Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title VII in Anti-Gay Discrimination Case... _________________________________________________ Singapore High Court Ready to Hear Case on Law Criminalizing Gay Sex... _________________________________________________ Aussie Rugby Player Challenges Anti-Gay Marriage Politician, Wont Marry Until Gays Can... _________________________________________________ Hackers Take Down Moscow Court Website Using Bulgarian Gay Idol Over 'Pussy Riot' Scandal... Ed Koch Defends Putin, Compares 'Pussy Riot' to AIDS Activists ACT UP... _________________________________________________ Hugh Hefner: Anti-Gay Activists Will Criminalize Your Entire Sex Life... _________________________________________________ New Zealand Minister of Justice Supports Gay Marriage Bill... _________________________________________________ POLL: 94% OF TEA PARTY OPPOSES GAY MARRIAGE... _________________________________________________ White House Official Speaks at LGBT Health Forum... _________________________________________________ Maryland Approves Ballot Language For Gay Marriage Referendum... _________________________________________________ Three Lesbians in Kenya Sexually Assaulted, Attacked... _________________________________________________ Lesbian Couple Fights For Adoption Rights in Colombia... _________________________________________________ Jackson Michigan Considers Anti-Discrimination Ordinance... American Family Association Vows to Fight Ordinance... _________________________________________________ LAMBDA Legal Fires Back at Gov Brewer's Petition For Supreme Court to Halt Gay Health Benefits... _________________________________________________ After Months of Anti-Gay Harassment, Lesbian Gets Attacked by Father's Neighbor... _________________________________________________ Rep. Todd Akin's 'Legitimate Rape' Comment Draws Attention to His Anti-Gay Record... _________________________________________________ GOP Platform Could Include 'Dignity and Respect' Language... Draft Strongly Supports 'Traditional Marriage'... Young Conservatives Criticize Platform... Platform Also Calls on to Roll Back Gay Rights in The Military, Ban Gay Weddings in Bases... _________________________________________________ POLL: Russians Become More Tolerant of Gay Unions, Still Strongly Oppose Gay Parades... _________________________________________________ Planning For Gay Games 2014 is Ahead of Schedule... _________________________________________________ Chavela Vargas, Frida Kahlo Were Lovers?... _________________________________________________ Lesbian Teen Recalls Sexual Encounter With Marilyn Monroe in New Book... _________________________________________________ US Health Panel Considers Making HIV Testing Routine... _________________________________________________ Gay Bi-National Couple Fighting DOMA Deportation... _________________________________________________ New Nina Simone Biopic Exposes Her Love Affair With Gay Man... _________________________________________________ Scotland's Catholic Cardinal Suspends Communication With Government Over Gay Marriage... _________________________________________________ Northern Ireland Councillor Calls Homosexuality a 'Disease,' Has 'Pity' For Gays... _________________________________________________ POLL: Gay Marriage May Have Cost The Tories Churchgoing Voters... _________________________________________________ Recount Demanded in Close Kansas Race to Defeat Anti-Gay Dem in House Primary Race... _________________________________________________ Geraldo Wonders: Is There a 'Lesbian Cabal' Taking Over Homeland Security?... _________________________________________________ UK Jealous Lesbian Stabs Girlfriend in Chest, Gets Five Years in Prison... _________________________________________________ Moscow Court Reaffirms 100 Year Ban on Gay Pride Events... _________________________________________________ Trans Activists Picket DC, Demand More Protection From Violence... _________________________________________________ New Colorado PAC Formed to Oust GOP House Speaker Who Killed Civil Unions... _________________________________________________ 'God Hates Fags' Church to Picket GaymerCon 2013 Geek Gaming Convention... _________________________________________________ Alabama Dems May Remove Anti-Gay State Supreme Court Candidate From Ballot... _________________________________________________ Sir Elton John 'Devastated' by Suicide of His Bass Guitarist... _________________________________________________ Cynthia Nixon Says NO to Chick-Fil-A 'Even if it Were The Best Chicken Ever'... Hamburger Mary's Debuts 'Hate Free' Sandwich... _________________________________________________ State Department Partners With mGive to Promote LGBT Equality... _________________________________________________ SHOOTING AT FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL, GUARD INJURED... GUNMAN HAD A CHICK-FIL-A BAG... SHOOTER IDENTIFIED AS FLOYD CORKINS... CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, INTENT TO KILL, HAD 15 CHICK-FIL-A SANDWICHES... Perkins Blames Southern Poverty Law Center... Bry: SPLC Should be 'Held to Account' For Shooting... SPLC Responds... FLASHBACK: FOCUS ON THE FAMILY HAD 'SERIOUS CONCERNS' OVER FRC'S TONE... FRC Supporter Wears Anti-Gay Shirt At Presser as Perkins Claims They Are Not a Hate Group... WaPo's Milbank: FRC's Rhetoric of Calling Gays Pedophiles, For Gay Exportation is Mainstream Christianity... Maine Gay Marriage Opponents Use Shooting to Sway Voters... _________________________________________________ 84% of New Yorkers Don't Care if Mayoral Candidate is Gay... _________________________________________________ Paul Singer Super PAC Supports Three Pro-Gay GOP Candidates... _________________________________________________ Adam Levine: Gay Brother Not The Reason Why I Support Gay Marriage... _________________________________________________ Gay Catholic School Athletic Director Target of Anti-Gay Vandalism Twice... _________________________________________________ Black Church Coalition to Hold Prayer Vigil Against Gay Marriage in Baltimore... _________________________________________________ Most Senior Gay Cleric Scolds The Church of England For Its Opposition to Gay Marriage... _________________________________________________ Saudi Government Opposes .gay Internet Domain... _________________________________________________ Victoria Jackson: 'Homosexuals Adopting Children is Child Abuse'... _________________________________________________ Chick-Fil-A Coming to UCLA... REPORT: Chick-Fil-A Supporters Provoke Protesters in Order to Look Like Victims... _________________________________________________ 'Queer as Folk' Alum Randy Harrison Stars in Off-Broadway Show 'SILENCE! The Musical'... _________________________________________________ Linda Harvey: GAGA Song 'Born This Way' is 'Demonic,' Leading Kids to 'Self-Destructive Path'... _________________________________________________ NBC Finally Acknowledges Olympic Diver Matthew Mitcham as Gay... _________________________________________________ Mankato City Council Becomes #12 in Opposing Minnesota Marriage Amendment... _________________________________________________ Indianapolis City Council Approves Domestic Partner Benefits... _________________________________________________ Courage Campaign Launches Petition Urging Log Cabin Not to Endorse Romney/Ryan Ticket... _________________________________________________ UK Christian B&B Owners Who Discriminated Against a Gay Couple Get Supreme Court Hearing... _________________________________________________ Anonymous Hacks Ugandan Government Websites For Anti-Gay Laws... 73 Sudan Government Sites Also Hacked... _________________________________________________ 'Drop Dead Diva' Episode to Address FDA Ban on Gay Donations... _________________________________________________ 77K People Sign Petition in Support of Gay Eagle Scout, Against Boy Scouts Anti-Gay Policy... Local Council Denies They Fired Scout For Being Gay... _________________________________________________ UK Activists Urge Public to Stop Airline From Deporting Lesbian Back to Uganda... _________________________________________________ Gay Lesbian Task Force Sends Out Mailer Urging Dems to Tell MD Lawmakers to Drop Gambling... _________________________________________________ Transgender Wins Big Brother UK 2012... _________________________________________________ Man Arrested, Charged For Attacking Bisexual Man With Samurai Sword... _________________________________________________ Australian PM to Keynote at Christian Group Who Calls Gays Pedophiles, Nazis... _________________________________________________ Sean Hayes Joins The Cast of 'Smash' For Its Second Season... _________________________________________________ Freedom to Marry Raises $3 Mil For State Ballot Measures... _________________________________________________ Transgender Woman Settles With Illinois Town After Being Harassed by Police... _________________________________________________ 'Pregnant Man' Thomas Beatie's Divorce Stalled Because Judge Doesn't Believe He's a Man... _________________________________________________ El Paso County Becomes Second County in Texas to Offer Domestic Partner Benefits... _________________________________________________ NC COLLEGE DUMPS CHICK-FIL-A... _________________________________________________ Catholic Church in The Castro Bans Drag Queens... _________________________________________________ New Pro-Gay Congressman Could Emerge in MD After Redistricting... _________________________________________________ POLL: Openly Gay GOP Congressional Candidate May Pull Upset in Beating Dem Incumbent... _________________________________________________ Arizona Gay Foster Parents of 12 Kids Have Now Been Able to Legally Adopt All of Them... _________________________________________________ FL Sheriff's Office Employee Claims He Was Pulled Over by Deputies Because He's Gay... _________________________________________________ FAA Updates Medical Requirements to Allow Trans Pilots to Fly... _________________________________________________ GAY MARRIAGE OPPONENTS USE CHICK-FIL-A TO INFLUENCE VOTERS... BROKEBACK Perry: Chick-Fil-A Political Correctness Needs to Stop... _________________________________________________ Gay Marriage Supporters Hold 'Pray In' Protest at Chick-Fil-A... _________________________________________________ Gay Humorist David Rakoff Dies of Cancer... _________________________________________________ Mexico City's First Gay Couple Who Got Married Now Getting Divorced... _________________________________________________ Texas Lawmaker Identifies as Pansexual... _________________________________________________ BRAD AND ANGELINA TO TIE KNOT THIS WEEKEND... _________________________________________________ Dolly Parton: I Have Gay Fans Because I Accept People as They Are... _________________________________________________ CDC Recommends HIV Prevention Pill For Women, Straight Men... _________________________________________________ Lesbian Army Colonel Promoted to General, Becoming The First... _________________________________________________ FREE SPEECH DEFENDERS: Chick-Fil-A Supporter Pat Robertson Says Gays 'Should Shut Their Mouth'... _________________________________________________ DEM PLATFORM: 'WE SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALITY'... _________________________________________________ HAWAII FEDERAL JUDGE RULES AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE... _________________________________________________ Illinois Hate Group Tells Parents to Pull Kids From Classrooms With Gay, Pro-Gay Teachers... _________________________________________________ MSNBC's Thomas Roberts Plans His Gay Wedding... _________________________________________________ Gay Republican Congressional Candidate Releases First TV Ad... _________________________________________________ Disagree With Flawed Gay Parenting Study? YOU ARE A NAZI! _________________________________________________ Transgender Adoptive Parent Featured on Oxygen Documentary Series... _________________________________________________ Jerome Corsi: Obama Was Married Before - TO A MAN! _________________________________________________ HOLLYWOOD CRITICS: Matt Bomer Cannot Play Straight in '50 Shades of Grey'... Bret Easton Ellis: 'He's Too Gay'... ...Ellis Gets Spit on in WeHo _________________________________________________ Dallas PD Investigating Sergeant Who Harassed Lesbian Cops With Chick-Fil-A Bags, Comments... _________________________________________________ Obama Opposes Reaffirmed Anti-Gay Policy of The Boy Scouts... _________________________________________________ Jai Rodriguez From 'Queer Eye' Lands a Role on ABC Sitcom 'Malibu Country'... _________________________________________________ Bible Thumpers Invade Michigan Gay Pride Day With Threats of Rape, Murder... _________________________________________________ Out Gay Equestrians Medal at Olympics Beating Ann Romney... Aussie Olympian Reveals HIV Status... _________________________________________________ Kentucky Gay Couple Allowed to File For Joint Bankruptcy... _________________________________________________ FROTHY Santorum to Speak at GOP Convention... REPORT: Dem Convention to Highlight LGBT Progress... _________________________________________________ Gay Employee at The Library of Congress Files Lawsuit After Being Fired... _________________________________________________ A Christian Based Company Issues Statement Regarding Chick-Fil-A Controversy... _________________________________________________ Religious Group Uses 9/11 Prayer Rallies to Bash Gay Relationships... _________________________________________________ Steady Stream of Eagle Scouts Returning Badges Continues to Grow... _________________________________________________ Out Lesbian Leads US Women's Soccer Team to Olympic Win Against Canada... Lesbian Coach One Win Away From Second Olympic Gold... _________________________________________________ Pennsylvania Private School Reverses Decision Allows HIV+ Student... _________________________________________________ Man Sets Fire to Home After Microwaving His Wet Underwear... _________________________________________________ Joseph Farah: Gay Marriage Will 'Bring Down America'... _________________________________________________ HHS: Transgender Discrimination is Illegal Under Obamacare... _________________________________________________ Eagle Forum Worried Common Core Standards Could Bolster The 'Promotion of Homosexuality'... _________________________________________________ Crazy Eyes Joins Board of Directors of Anti-Gay Law Group... _________________________________________________ Anti-Gay Protest Goes Awry as Protester Accidentally Burns up Lawn... _________________________________________________ Lesbian Lawmaker Considers Running For Maryland Governor... _________________________________________________ Israel Marked Third Anniversary of LGBT Youth Center Shootings... _________________________________________________ UK Catholic Bishop Wants Government to Legalize Incest 'If it Believes in Equality'... _________________________________________________ Ann Coulter: Chick-Fil-A's Anti-Gay Stance is 'Not an Anti-Gay Thing'... _________________________________________________ Kristen Powers on Fox: Blacks Will Not Vote Dem if Gay Marriage Platform Plank is Adopted... _________________________________________________ ELTON JOHN: 'Madonna is a Fairground Stripper Whose Career is Over'... Comments Were Supposed to be Off The Record... _________________________________________________ Judge Jim Gray VP Candidate on Libertarian Ticket Urges Voters to Support Gay Marriage... _________________________________________________ HERMAN CAIN: CHICK-FIL-A MADE $30 MIL ON APPRECIATION DAY, WILL DONATE EVEN MORE TO ANTI-GAY GROUPS... Kisses Across The US... _________________________________________________ Mittens Stands By His Comment About Ending Gay Ban in Boy Scouts... _________________________________________________ Hillary Presents Award to Ugandan Gay Rights Group For Fight Against Anti-Gay Laws... _________________________________________________ Mississippi Libertarian Candidate Threatens Second Amendment Solution to Chick-Fil-A Protesters... _________________________________________________ REPORT: Pro-Gay Companies Contribute Money to PACs Who Support Anti-Gay Politicians... _________________________________________________ Arizona Executive Fired Over Video of Him Berating Chick-Fil-A Employee... ...Apologizes Vandalism at Torrance Chick-Fil-A Restaurant Investigated... Gay Artist Takes Cred For Vandalism... _________________________________________________ REPORT: Gay Marriage Can Produce $165 Mil For Ohio... _________________________________________________ Another DOMA Challenge Proceeds as BLAG's Motion to Dismiss is Denied... _________________________________________________ Chilean Catholic Professor Calls Gays 'Faggots' on Facebook... _________________________________________________ HOMELAND SECURITY WILL CONSIDER GAY COUPLE'S MARRIAGES IN DEPORTATION DECISIONS... Pelosi: Put it in Writing... _________________________________________________ Mississippi Gov Wants Church to Marry Blacks BUT NOT THE GAYS... _________________________________________________ Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Suit Against Federal Hate Crimes Law... _________________________________________________ Gay Family Invites Chick-Fil-A's Dan Cathy to Dinner... _________________________________________________ POLL: 54% OF MARYLAND VOTERS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE LAW... _________________________________________________ MINNESOTA COURT RULES: GAYS CAN INHERENT PARTNERS' ASSETS... _________________________________________________ 'In The Life' Examines How DOMA Affects Gay Couples... _________________________________________________ Tatchell: Olympics Failed to Attack Anti-Gay Discrimination in Sport... Pride House Opens, Welcoming Gay Athletes, Fans... _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________